Evil
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Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?
"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
"Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
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Topics on Evil
Abounding, Evil Things
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Adding Evil
1 Kings 12:11'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"
Affection, Evil
Colossians 3:5Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
Agreeing For Evil
Daniel 2:9that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation."
Amusements, Evil Results
Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.
Attacked By Evil
Psalm 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To cast down the afflicted and the needy, To slay those who are upright in conduct.
Avoiding Evil
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Being Evil From Youth
Genesis 8:21The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Children Of Evil
Numbers 32:14"Now behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to add still more to the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
Christ's Authority Over Evil
Mark 1:23-27Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
Coming Out From Evil
Jeremiah 51:45"Come forth from her midst, My people, And each of you save yourselves From the fierce anger of the LORD.
Darkness Of Evil
Luke 22:53"While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours."
Demons, Evil Work Of
1 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him.
Escaping Evil
2 Peter 1:4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Eternal Evil
Genesis 43:9"I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever.
Evil And Freedom
Revelation 20:7When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,
Evil Angels
Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
Evil Associations
Genesis 19:15When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Evil Desires
2 Timothy 2:22Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Evil Devices
Psalm 21:11Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Evil Fleeing
James 4:7Submit therefore to God Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Evil For The Right Hand
Psalm 26:10In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
Evil Generations
Matthew 12:39But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
Evil Hearts
Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
Evil Kissing
Proverbs 27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Evil Passions
Colossians 3:5Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
Evil Plans
Psalm 21:11Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.
Evil Principles
Romans 7:21I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
Evil Spirits
Luke 11:24"When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Evil Spirits Discernment
Mark 1:23-24Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
Evil Trapping
Exodus 23:33"They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."
Evil Ways
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
evil, believers' responses to
Psalm 1:1How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
evil, origins of
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
evil, victory over
Job 1:12Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.
evil, warnings against
Psalm 34:16The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Fire Of Evil
James 3:5So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
God Makes Evil Rebound
1 Kings 2:44The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head.
God's Intolerance Of Evil
Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?
Growth Of Evil
Ezekiel 8:6And He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations."
Hating Evil
Proverbs 8:13"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Ignorance Of Evil
Leviticus 5:17"Now if a person sins and does any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
Imagination, Evil Scheming
Romans 1:21For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Inciting To Evil
1 Chronicles 21:1Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.
Joined To Evil
Numbers 25:3So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry against Israel.
Knowledge Of Good And Evil
Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
Laying On Hands For Evil
Leviticus 24:14"Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.
Let Evil Rebound
Psalm 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, And let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.
Looking At People For Evil
Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Loving Evil
Micah 3:2"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
Not Imitating Evil
Exodus 23:24"You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.
Opposition, To Sin And Evil
Matthew 21:12-13And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
People Actually Doing Evil
Genesis 43:6Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?"
People Possibly Doing Evil
Genesis 16:5And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done me be upon you I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight May the LORD judge between you and me."
Present Evil Age
Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Pride, Evil Of
1 Samuel 15:23"For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king."
Rejoicing In Evil
Psalm 25:2O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me.
Repaying Evil For Evil
Romans 12:17Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
Repaying Evil For Good
Genesis 44:4They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?
Running After Evil
Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
Separation From Evil People
Ezra 6:21The sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover.
Signs Of Evil
Revelation 13:13-14He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13"THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," "THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS";
Stopping Evil
Isaiah 1:16"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight Cease to do evil,
Subject To Evil
Galatians 4:3So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.
Taking Away Evil
Leviticus 16:8"Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat.
The Hearts Incination To Evil
Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Wages For Evil
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Warnings Of Evil Associations
Proverbs 22:24Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man,
Whispering Of Evil
Psalm 41:7All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying,
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Activity » Evil » General references to
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
Alliances » Evil » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivor.
So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.
Alliances » Evil » Examples of God's people seeking
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.
"Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, 'It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.'
"Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Choice » Evil
I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight."
"But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine's blood; He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol As they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,
But the governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas."
Companionship » Evil » A snare to jehoshaphat
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD?
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
Companionship » Evil » Corrupt good morals
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Companionship » Evil » Injured lot
Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.
Companionship » Evil » A detriment to israel
The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?
Companionship » Evil » Devoured the strength of ephraim
Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.
Counsel » Evil
"Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt."
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' But you shall speak to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
Day » A time of judgment called a day of » Evil
Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence?
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Desire » Evil
"Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, So that he does not stay at home He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?
The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough":
Evil » The reward for doing evil
because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger--they, their kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. "They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction. "But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. read more.
"They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. "Now therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.'
"But you who forsake the LORD, Who forget My holy mountain, Who set a table for Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight." Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. read more.
"Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you will cry out with a heavy heart, And you will wail with a broken spirit. "You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord GOD will slay you But My servants will be called by another name.
Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? "For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word. "But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine's blood; He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol As they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations, read more.
So I will choose their punishments And will bring on them what they dread Because I called, but no one answered; I spoke, but they did not listen And they did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight."
"For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands."
Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. read more.
'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
"Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the LORD against you, and it will be a sin in you.
They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.
Evil » Women evil women » General references to
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
"Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
Evil » Kiss » Put away
"Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.
"If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.
"The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.
Evil » Devices » General references to
Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
He plans wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not despise evil.
"But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise.
"Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
Evil » The whole » Imagination
The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long.
Then He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Evil » Results of » Desire
"Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, So that he does not stay at home He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?
The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough":
Evil » Spirits » Cast out of men
Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.
so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.
Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once.
Evil » Results of » Separation from evil associations, the duty of
"Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
"THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," "THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS";
His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
Evil » Slander » False accusations, general references to
Then Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you."
"You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, 'A king is in Judah!' And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together."
"However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face."
"For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are going over to the Chaldeans!"
Evil » Alliances » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivor.
So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness,
'Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.
"I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man, Or you will learn his ways And find a snare for yourself.
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
Evil » Departing from evil
Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight Cease to do evil,
"And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.'"
Evil » Filled » Moral
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
"For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.
'They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Evil » Alliances » Examples of God's people seeking
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.
"Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, 'It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.'
"Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Evil » Confess Christ » Spirits, destiny of
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.
"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;
And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
Evil » Way » General references to
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;
They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
Evil » Who shall have evil upon them
"You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' "But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly.
"For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands."
Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. read more.
'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
thus says the LORD, "Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. "Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched."'
thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah. "Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched."'
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
"You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.
Evil » What is evil
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." read more.
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.
"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the afflicted with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.
Evil » Influences » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him.
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab's daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets, 'Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood And make them drink poisonous water, For from the prophets of Jerusalem Pollution has gone forth into all the land.'"
Evil » Social in the church » Generation
And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"
"They have acted corruptly toward Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.
And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."
"Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Talebearers condemned
'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.
He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
"But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.
He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
Evil » Activity » General references to
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
Evil » Results of » Counsel
"Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt."
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' But you shall speak to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
Evil » Doers » Warnings to
The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.
Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?
Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men, Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows; For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT.
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Do not speak against one another, brethren He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT.
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Do not speak against one another, brethren He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
Evil » Whispering » Evil whispering, general references to
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying,
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Evil whispering, general references to
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying,
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Evil » Devices » Will be defeated
A good man will obtain favor from the LORD, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.
Evil » Social in the church » Fulness
"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
"So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. "Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
Evil » Slander » Of Christ and his disciples
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."
They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;
Evil » Slander » General references to
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
"Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother deals craftily, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
For I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life.
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
Evil » Zeal » Against » Manifested by evil men in pursuing their plans
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
"And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
Concerning evil, both hands do it well The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.
For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » The tongue to be restrained
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.
For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT.
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Evil » Influence » Evil influence of unfaithful Christians
For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
Your boasting is not good Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?
For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
Evil » Kiss » Partakers of
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
Evil » Women evil women » Stir up strife
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Works
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
"You are doing the deeds of your father " They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."
(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
Evil » Results of » Deeds
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
"You are doing the deeds of your father " They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."
(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
Evil » Kiss » Passions
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
Evil » Slander » Examples of
"For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?"
"But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face."
"You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
Evil » Pharisaic separation condemned » Choice
I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight."
"But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine's blood; He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol As they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,
But the governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas."
Evil » Doers » Eye
deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.
"The man who is refined and very delicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;
"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Evil » Kiss » The treacherous kiss
Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.
After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him.
Evil » Kiss » Roots of
"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the LORD of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch."
"The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble And dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
Evil » Confess Christ » Spirits, many
[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
"Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him.
Evil » Appearance of, to be avoided
But if anyone says to you, "This is meat sacrificed to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake; I mean not your own conscience, but the other man's; for why is my freedom judged by another's conscience? If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks? read more.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.
However not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. read more.
For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.
Evil » Where evil comes from
Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us." Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? read more.
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."
When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable. And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.) read more.
And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. read more.
So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Divine wrath
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD?
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape?
Evil » Those that call evil good
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous," Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him; But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight, And a good blessing will come upon them.
You have wearied the LORD with your words Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of justice?"
Evil » Not speaking evil
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.
Evil » What brings forth evil fruit
"So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. "A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. read more.
"So then, you will know them by their fruits.
"The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.
"For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. "For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
Evil » Who strengthens the hands of evildoers
"Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. "Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood; And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness All of them have become to Me like Sodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
"Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their own inspiration. Prophesy against them and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves? "For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies."'" read more.
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt lives there as birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let them go, even those lives whom you hunt as birds. "I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am the LORD. "Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life,
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves? "For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies."'"
Evil » Who shall not have evil upon them
Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? read more.
"Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD. "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices. "For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them. "But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.
The fear of the LORD leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.
Evil » Those that pursue evil
He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.
Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways. They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Jezebel
Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him.
Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Source of unbelief and covetousness
having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;
Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Misery
'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.
After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Evil » Results of » Misery
'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.
After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Evil » The lord creating evil
The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.
Evil » Those that eschew evil
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." read more.
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? "Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Thus says the LORD, "Preserve justice and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come And My righteousness to be revealed. "How blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who takes hold of it; Who keeps from profaning the sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil."
Evil » Associations » Results of » Denial of Christ
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself So they said to him, "You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
Evil » Hating evil
Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the LORD God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Evil » Who desires evil
The wicked man desires the booty of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Evil » Words evil words of men » Flattering
For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness--
Evil » Evil communications
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Stubbornness
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
Evil » Who brings evil to pass
A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good. He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Madness
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
Evil » Evil concupiscence
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
Evil » Words evil words of men » Enticing
I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Hasty
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Evil » Those that reward evil for good
He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
Evil » Who evil shall not depart from
He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
Evil » Who hates to depart from evil
Desire realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.
Evil » What cleanses away evil
Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts.
Evil » Who departs from evil
A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, But a fool is arrogant and careless.
Evil » The root of all evil
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Evil » Who has an evil eye
A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him.
Evil » Who digs up evil
Evil » Who evil pursues
Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Extortion and excess
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Depravity
"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
Evil » Associations » Results of » Parental shame
He who keeps the law is a discerning son, But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Irritating
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Evil » Who the lord created for the day of evil
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.
Evil » Who loves evil more than good
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. read more.
You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying, "Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."
Evil » How people depart from evil
By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil.
Evil » Not plotting evil
Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.
Evil » Where evil is
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. read more.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
Evil » What is to hate evil
"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Apostasy
from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Irreverent
"Your words have been arrogant against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'
Evil » Words evil words of men » Proud
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,
Evil » Who evil shall slay
Evil » Who hates evil
Hate evil, you who love the LORD, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Zeresh
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet." And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Delilah
So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you."
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Eve
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Insincere
and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Malicious
For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Job's wife
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!" But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Evil » Instances of » In supporting himself
Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock? I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things? For it is written in the Law of Moses, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING " God is not concerned about oxen, is He? read more.
Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops. If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar? So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel. But I have used none of these things And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one. For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
Evil » Who rewards evil unto themselves
The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
Evil » The time when your eye is evil
"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Evil » Evil not dwelling with God
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Fountain-head of all evil
"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Herodias and salome
and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."
Evil » Not seeking evil
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!
Evil » Words evil words of men
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Evil » Results of
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Vain
Evil » Instances of » Paul, in refusing to eat what had been offered to idols
Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
Fulness » Evil
"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
"So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. "Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil
"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Hate evil, you who love the LORD, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Influence » Evil » Instances of » Satan over adam and eve
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'" read more.
The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die! "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Influence » Evil » Eve over adam
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Israel » Under the judges » Evil » Bondage » King of syria » Twenty years
Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud died. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. The sons of Israel cried to the LORD; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
Thoughts » Evil
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
"Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the LORD against you, and it will be a sin in you.
They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.
Women » Dress of » Evil
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
"Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
Words » Evil » Flattering
For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness--
Words » Evil » Enticing
I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.
Words » Evil » Hasty
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Words » Evil » Irritating
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Words » Evil » Irreverent
"Your words have been arrogant against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'
Words » Evil » Proud
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,
Words » Evil » Insincere
and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Words » Evil » Malicious
For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.
Words » Evil » Vain
Works » Evil
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
"You are doing the deeds of your father " They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."
(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
Zeal » Evil » For soul winning
["For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]
"Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,
Zeal » Evil » Manifested by evil men in pursuing their plans
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
"And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
Concerning evil, both hands do it well The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.
For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Zeal » Evil » Unwise
And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.
But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.